The Wall › Panel 41E › North Carolina › James Edward Deese JR
JAMES EDWARD DEESE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – February 26, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Deese JR, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41E, Line 37
- JAY CEE DYERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- GARFIELD EVANSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL SHERIDAN GARRETTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- RODGER RAY HERTELFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW AUGUSTUS ALLEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 34
- ROY ALLENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 34
- GARFIELD EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 37
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
- RICHARD JAMES WILTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.